MCC lifts Premier League title

Winning team posing a group photograph along with winning trophy and cheque of Rs one lakh at Reasi. — Excelsior/Romesh Mengi
Winning team posing a group photograph along with winning trophy and cheque of Rs one lakh at Reasi. — Excelsior/Romesh Mengi

Excelsior Sports Correspondent

REASI, Mar 2: Outplaying President XI Sunderbani convincingly in the final match of Reasi Premier League Cricket Cup, Malik Cricket Club (MCC) lifted the title trophy, organized by Sports Club Reasi at Sports Stadium, here today.
Batting first, the MCC made 151 runs by losing seven wickets in stipulated 20 overs match, Akshay scored 70 runs while Parteek made 41 runs. For Sunderbani team, Hartay, Abhishek and Noor took two wickets each.
In reply, President XI Sunderbani got bowled out at 94 runs. Aman scored 25 runs and Ronit scored 17 runs. For MCC, Deepak took three wickets, while Deepin and Sohail claimed two wickets each.
Arvind Verma was declared as man of the series for his overall performance, while Akshay Sawhney was adjudged as the man of the match and best batsman of the tournament.
Mohit Jhangra was declared as the best bowler of the tournament, whereas Deepin Chitkara was awarded with best fielder award. The winning team was awarded with a cash prize of Rs one lakh along with a trophy, while the runners-up team was presented a cash prize of Rs 50000 along with trophy and mementoes.
Kamlesh Pandita Principal District and Sessions Judge & Chairman DLSA Reasi, DDC Chairman Saraf Singh Nag, ADC Reasi Rajinder Kumar Sharma, ASP Reasi Surjeet Kumar were the guests of the occasion who distributed prizes among the winners and runner up teams.